Knitting device



April 8, 1941. F. GRIMM ETAL 2.237.733

KNITTING DEVICE Filed March 17, 1959 Illllllll HHIIIIIII BE 1 76771003 Q41? i a; n1 am W fiTTO/P/VE/d' Patented Apr. 8, 1941 KNITTING DEVICE Frederick Grimm, Washington, D. 0., and John A.

Smoot, Scranton, Pa.

Application March 17, 1939, Serial No. 262,480

3 Claims.

This invention relates to certain new and useful improvements in a knitting device, the object of our invention being to provide an adjustable knitting device which is exceedingly simple and cheap in construction and one upon which a thin or thick fabric can be knitted having many different types of stitches.

Another object of our invention is to provide a knitting device in the form of a frame having a longitudinal slot to each side of whichis arranged a row of upstanding pins having rounded heads over which the yarn is looped and knitted into a fabric by a needle, the edge of the groove being beveled to facilitate the insertion of 'the needle in the loop of the yarn in knitting the fabric.

Another object of our invention is to provide a knitting device comprising a pair of bars connected together adjacent each end by members to form a slot between the bars in such a man- I overcoming the difficulties now existing in knitting wide fabrics as the looping of the yarn in knitting has the tendency to draw the walls of the slot together and preventing the fabric from being properly knitted on the device.

Another object of our invention is to provide a knitting device in the form of a frame, the bars of which are formed of sections connected together by hinges so that the device can be folded to facilitate storing and the transportation of the same.

Other and further objects and advantages of the invention will be hereinafter set forth and the novel features thereof defined by the appended claims.

In the drawing,

Figure 1 is a top plan view of a knitting device constructed in accordance with our invention broken away so as to illustrate a large knitting device;

Figure 2 is a detail side elevation showing the connecting means for the sections in order to allow them to be folded or secured in their prone position;

Figure 3 is a section taken on line 33 of Figure 1;

Figure 4 is a detail view showing the sections of the bars folded; and

Figure 5 is a detail top plan View showing one way of winding the yarn on the pins in order that a fabric can be knitted thereon.

In carrying out our invention we employ a frame composed of any suitable material comprising a pair of bars A and B arranged parallel with one another and connected adjacent each end by a pair of spaced bolts C and D extending through transversely disposed bores E formed in the ends of the bars. The bolts are herein shown provided with nuts C, D which, if desired, can be wing nuts and these nuts work on the threaded ends of the bolts so that each bolt can be adjusted independently.

Disposed on the bolts between the bars are a plurality of detachable spacing washers P and G for holding the bars a predetermined distance apart to form a slot of the desired width for the fabric as it is knitted. The bars are herein shown formed of sections A, A B and B connected together by hinges H to allow the frame to be folded for storing or transporting the same.

The bars are held in their proper position for knitting by plates I and J secured to the side edges of the bars by screws K as clearly shown and when it is desired to fold the frame, it is only necessary to remove a screw from each plate and they can be folded into the position as shown in Figure 4.

The inner edges of the bars are beveled as shown at L and M and arranged at the upper edge of each beveled portion is an upstanding row of pins N having rounded heads 0, preferably egg-shaped as shown to facilitate the removing of the loop from the pin in forming the stitch in knitting the fabric.

While in the drawing we have shown the pins arranged in staggered relation to one another, it is, of course, understood that they can be arranged opposite each other without departing from the spirit of our invention.

By beveling the edges of the slot, the needle used for knitting can be easily inserted under the loop of the yarn on the pin in forming the stitch, thereby greatly facilitating the knitting of the fabric.

While we have shown in the drawing a large knitting device in which the bars constituting the frame are formed in sections, we wish it to be clearly understood that in forming small knitting devices the bars will be formed solid and they can be connected together at each end by one bolt only or connected by any suitable means to form a frame with a longitudinally disposed slot to receive the fabric as it is knitted on the pins carried by the frame.

In the construction of knitting device as herein shown, the bolts form means for clamping the bars in spaced relation with one another so as to maintain the bars at a predetermined distance from one another and maintain the walls of the slot formed by the bars parallel with one another to prevent th walls from being drawn together by the pull of the yarn in knitting the fabric.

By providing detachable washers on the bolts, by removing or inserting the washers the distance between the bars can be adjusted so as to increase or decrease the slot formed by the bars.

In large knitting devices used for knitting wide fabrics such as afghans and the like, the bars spring by the pull of the yarn and have the tendency to close the slot which retards the knitting of the fabric and makes it very difficult to knit wide fabrics with a light knitting device. To overcome this difficulty and to provide means for maintaining the walls of the slot parallel to one another, we employ two bolts in each end of the bar and by removing, as for example, a washer P from each of the bolts C and tightening up on the nuts C, the washers G act as fulcra so that the bars will be sprung apart and maintained under tension so as to prevent the pull of the yarn in knitting a fabric from drawing these bars together. If the walls of the slot are drawn together in knitting, it is only necessary to adjust these bolts so as to move the walls in the proper position where they Will be parallel with one another. In some instances it may be found necessary to interchange the washers on the bolts to adjust the bars so as to maintain the bars parallel with one another but I have found in practice that by removing one of the detachable washers from the outer bolt and tightening up on these bolts, while the inner bolts are loose the bars can be sprung or adjusted in respect to one another so that they will be parallel with one another and held in that position to withstand any strain to which they are subjected.

upstanding rows of pins having egg-shaped heads, the insertion of the needle or pick used in knitting the fabric is greatly facilitated and we have found in practice that a knitting device constructed with pins with beveled edge grooves of the construction herein shown, facilitates the speed of knitting and we are able to pick up the loop very quickly and draw it off the pin.

From the foregoing description it will be seen that we have provided a knitting device of a novel construction having means for not only adjusting the width of the slot but means for maintaining the walls of the slot parallel with one another, thereby overcoming the difficulties existing in knitting devices of this kind now in use.

It will also be seen that by properly spacing the connecting members apart according to the length of the bars, each bar can be loosened so as to adjust and maintain said bars parallel with one another.

What we claim is:

1. A knitting device comprising a frame formed of laterally spaced bars connected together adjacent each end, said bars being formed of sections hinged together and means for locking said bars with the ends of said sections in engagement with each other.

2. A knitting device of the kind described comprising a pair of laterally spaced bars, two spaced connecting members at each end passing through said bars and the space between the same, removable spacing members carried by said connecting members between the bars and means for independently adjusting said members whereby the spacing members on the inner connecting member of each pair forms a fulcrum for the bars for spreading the bars apart intermediate the inner connecting members.

3. A knitting device of the kind described comprising a pair of laterally spaced bars, two spaced bolts at each end of the bar passing through the same and the space therebetween, a series of removable washers carried by each bolt between the bars and means on the bolts on the outside of the bars whereby the washers on the inner connecting member form fulcrums for the bars when the outer bolt is tightened to spread the bars apart intermediate their ends,

FREDERICK GRIMM, JOHN A. SMOOT. 

